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Wickes Skirting Board | Comparing Suppliers We're Skirting World but today we're going to compare our own product against a familiar brand within the UK. So let's compare Wickes Skirting Board against our own - Skirting World's. Benefits Of Choosing Wickes Skirting Boards Before we talk about ourselves, we'll look into the benefits when purchasing from Wickes. They Hold Stock If you're in a rush and are local to a Wickes store (… Read more

High Skirting Boards In this day and age, skirting boards are available in tons of different styles, sizes and materials. But you're here because you're specifically looking for high skirting boards. How High Should Skirting Boards Be? Honestly? As high as you want them to be! Realistically? Well, we've found that most customers looking for tall skirting boards generally go for our 220mm option (9 inches). Our Colonial Skirting B… Read more

Most of the time, a skirting board will run into another piece of  skirting. Sometimes it will run into a piece of architrave. But what happens when you need to end the skirting on an area where you don't need to continue the run? We're going to show you a few options that you have to make a neat finish. So here's our guide on how to end skirting boards neatly! When Do You Need To End Skirting Boards? Generally speakin… Read more

No Skirting Boards? This Is Why You Need Them! We've seen this question floating around the internet for a while now - so here we are to answer it! If you're also asking 'is it possible to have no skirting boards?', this post includes all the reasons as to why you should have them! In short, skirting boards are necessary to form the junctions between the construction materials and hide untidy joins. They also protect the bottom of the wall… Read more